Steve Evans has seemingly provided an explanation as to why Leeds were able to put their recent form behind them and overcome promotion-chasing Hull City at Elland Road.

An excellent first-half display saw the Whites head into half-time with a 2-0 lead, thanks to goals from Chris Wood and Tom Adeyemi, and Evans suggested that a change of focus on the training ground was the reason behind the improvement.

Steve Evans: "We worked on the high intensity throughout the weekend. We carried that out perfectly in the first half." #lufc

The win lifted plenty of the gloom surrounding the Yorkshire club after a disappointing couple of weeks, which were capped off with the discontent surrounding the introduction of a pie tax.

Successive single-goal defeats to bottom half opposition seemed to persuade Evans to deviate from his favoured 4-4-2, and instead focus on packing the midfield by playing a 4-1-4-1, with loan signing Liam Bridcutt playing the anchor role in front of the back four.

That made it essential that United adopted the high-energy style that Evans alluded to, to ensure that Wood was not isolated while leading the line.